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Rare earth doped fiber lasers and amplifiers

Examines the current technology of rare earth doped fibres, the laser sources and amplifiers made with these fibres, and fibre communication systems incorporating erbium-doped fibre amplifiers. The text contains over 875 equations, figures and tables.

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Other Authors: Digonnet, Michel J. F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Marcel Dekker 1993
Series:Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) v. 37
Subjects:
Rare earth lasers
Light amplifiers
Optical fibers
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rare Earth Doped Fiber Fabrication: Techniques and Physical Properties / Jay R. Simpson
  • 2. Optical and Electronic Properties of Rare Earth Ions in Glasses / William J. Miniscalco
  • 3. Devices and Configurations for Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers / Paul Urquhart
  • 4. Theory of Operation of Laser Fiber Devices / Michel J. F. Digonnet
  • 5. Nd[superscript 3+]- and Er[superscript 3+]-Doped Silica Fiber Lasers / Michel J. F. Digonnet and E. Snitzer
  • 6. Narrow Line Width and Tunable Fiber Lasers / P. R. Morkel
  • 7. Broadband Operation of Erbium- and Neodymium-Doped Fiber Sources / Paul F. Wysocki
  • 8. Q-Switched Fiber Lasers / W. L. Barnes
  • 9. Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers / Mark W. Phillips
  • 10. Rare Earth Doped Heavy-Metal Fluoride Glass Fibers / J. S. Sanghera and I. D. Aggarwal
  • 11. Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Basic Physics and Characteristics / E. Desurvire
  • 12. Applications of Fiber Amplifiers to Telecommunications Systems / Noboru Edagawa.

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